Global Patent Index - EP 1454006 B1

EP 1454006 B1 20070808 - PROCESS FOR DYEING MOLDED ARTICLES

Title (en)

PROCESS FOR DYEING MOLDED ARTICLES

Title (de)

VERFAHREN ZUR FÄRBUNG VON FORMKÖRPERN

Title (fr)

PROCEDE DE COLORATION D'ARTICLES MOULES

Publication

EP 1454006 B1 20070808 (EN)

Application

EP 02776440 A 20021101

Priority

  • US 0235260 W 20021101
  • US 4017801 A 20011107

Abstract (en)

[origin: US2003084521A1] A process for tinting of articles molded from a polymeric resin is disclosed. Preferably, the article is molded from polycarbonate and the process entails immersing the molded article in a dye bath that contains water, dye, a carrier and an optional surfactant. The carrier is a compound conforming toR1[-O-(CH2)n]mOR2 (i)wherein R1 and R2 independently denote H or C1-18 alkyl, benzyl, benzoyl or phenyl radical which may be substituted in the aromatic ring by alkyl and or halogen, preferably R1=butyl, R2=H, n is 2 or 3 and m is 2 to 35. The method is especially useful in the manufacture of tinted lenses.

IPC 8 full level

B29D 11/00 (2006.01); D06P 1/613 (2006.01); D06P 1/651 (2006.01); D06P 3/00 (2006.01); D06P 3/54 (2006.01); D06P 5/00 (2006.01); D06P 5/20 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

D06P 1/613 (2013.01 - EP US); D06P 1/65131 (2013.01 - EP US); D06P 3/54 (2013.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE ES FR IT

DOCDB simple family (publication)

US 2003084521 A1 20030508; US 6749646 B2 20040615; CA 2410254 A1 20030507; CA 2410254 C 20101026; CN 1289750 C 20061213; CN 1578864 A 20050209; DE 60221699 D1 20070920; DE 60221699 T2 20080515; DE 60237650 D1 20101021; EP 1454006 A1 20040908; EP 1454006 B1 20070808; EP 1820896 A2 20070822; EP 1820896 A3 20071010; EP 1820896 B1 20100908; ES 2290335 T3 20080216; ES 2349676 T3 20110110; HK 1074232 A1 20051104; JP 2005508459 A 20050331; JP 4503288 B2 20100714; MX PA02010970 A 20050217; US 2004168267 A1 20040902; US 2005177959 A1 20050818; US 6929666 B2 20050816; US 7094263 B2 20060822; WO 03040461 A1 20030515

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 4017801 A 20011107; CA 2410254 A 20021030; CN 02821796 A 20021101; DE 60221699 T 20021101; DE 60237650 T 20021101; EP 02776440 A 20021101; EP 07011434 A 20021101; ES 02776440 T 20021101; ES 07011434 T 20021101; HK 05106685 A 20050803; JP 2003542695 A 20021101; MX PA02010970 A 20021107; US 0235260 W 20021101; US 79111404 A 20040302; US 8079905 A 20050314